by FTHO » Dec 2nd, '16, 15:18
Thank you all for your suggestions.
To be honest, I'm not feeling inspired.
Lottery tickets could be interesting, I can't see me carrying an envelope in my wallet, but I do like the idea of the prediction being sealed inside.
A receipt could also work.
I want it to look like I intentionally wrote down this "prediction" just for them. I worry that writing on one of the above examples seems too casual? Like I thought about it at the last minute and quickly scribbled something on the back of a receipt. If I wrote it on a blank card it seems more intentional to me.
Maybe I should try turning this around? Have the prediction on a blank card and use a few train tickets for any writing during the actual performance.
I want the performance to see casual, and off the cuff, but for the prediction to seem like I intentionally made it - does this make any sense?
This is a routine I currently perform using just blank cards, and it works well. I'm just trying to experiment with a potential improvement. The method involves some "funny writing", it occurred to me that if I write on a blank card and the prediction appears on a train ticket (for example), then it adds some extra distance between the method and effect (the train ticket was never near the pen).
I expect that consciously people wouldn't really notice the difference, but perhaps they would subconsciously be more convinced if I add this extra barrier between method and effect.